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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogi c HB As in Windows Hosts iii Preface ....... ...................... ........... ............ ................. ...................... ............ ........... ......... vii Cha pter 1 Introduction Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric Envir onment .
EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts iv Conten ts Install ation Procedu r e for W ind ows 2000 and W indow s 2003 Host s ............. ........... ................. ....................... ................ 2-15 Updat ing t he HB A Driver in a W indows 2000 or W indows 2003 Host.
v EMC Fibre Channel with QLogi c HB As in Windows Hosts Conte nts Appendix A Third -P ar ty Softw are QLogic SANSurfer SANBlade Man ager v2.0.21 ..................... .. A-2 V eritas V olume Ma nager 3.x for W indows 2000 ................ ....... A-3 Appendix B T roubleshooting Problems an d Solutions .
EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts vi Conten ts.
EMC Fibre Channel with QLogi c HB As in Windows Hosts vii Preface Conv entions U sed in This Guide EMC us es the fol lo wing c onven tions f or no tes, cau tions , and warni ngs. A no te pr esents i nformatio n th at is im portan t, but n ot ha zar d-r elated.
viii EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Preface Typographical Conv entio ns EMC uses the follow ing type st yle conventions in th is guide: Related Documenta tion ◆ EMC H ost Conn ectivi ty Guide for Windows 200 0 and Windows NT , P/N 300- 000-603 ◆ EMC Na vispher e Manager 5 .
Introduction 1-1 1 Invisible Body T ag This document d escribes the pr ocedures for installing an EMC-appr o ved QLogic host bus ada pter (HBA) into a W indows NT , W indows 20 00, or W indows 2003 ho st enviro nment and con figuri ng the W indows host for connection to an EMC sto rage array over Fibr e Channel.
1 1-2 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Introduction Under standing P er sistent Binding in a F a bric En viro nment Persistent bind ing is the mechan ism to cr eate a contin uous logical r oute from a storage device object in the W indows host to a volume in the EMC ® sto rage array acr oss the fabri c.
1 Under standing P er sistent Bind ing in a Fabr ic Environment 1-3 Introduction PH YSICAL DRIV E0 , PHYS ICA LDRIV E1 , and PH YSICAL DRIV E2 . The number is ass igned during the disk discover y part of the W indow s boot process. During boot-up, the W indows OS loads the driver for the storage HBAs.
1 1-4 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Introduction The next figu r e shows th e same hos t after the cable atta ched to HBA0 has been r emoved and the host rebooted. S ince W indows was not able to do a d iscovery on HBA0, it a ssigned PHYS ICAL DRIVE0 to the first device it discovered.
Installin g and Configur ing the HBA Driver 2-1 2 Invisible Body T ag This chapter des cribes the procedure s for instal ling an EMC-appr o ved QLogic host bus ada pter (HBA) into a W indows NT , W indows 20 00, or W indows 2003 ho st enviro nment and con figuri ng the W indows host for connection to an EMC sto rage array over Fibr e Channel.
2 2-2 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver Intr oduction The procedur e described here was written specifically for the QLA22xx and QLA23 x.
2 Installin g an HBA 2-3 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Installing an HBA Follow the in structions included wi th your adapter . The adapter installs in to a single slot, and has no user-configurable jum pers or switches . Follow these steps to connect the cable to the HBA: 1.
2 2-4 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver 4. Label each cable to identify the HBA and the st orage/switch/hub port to which it connects. 5. After connecting all HB As in the server , power up the server .
2 Installin g an HBA 2-5 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver fields to select the correct CX200 -Series direct-connect dual-host cluster-compatible f iles.
2 2-6 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver If la ter y ou w ish to re turn the jump er(s) to th e d efault fac tory po siti on, r epeat step 2, returnin g the jum per to pi ns 2–3.
2 Installin g an HBA 2-7 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 7. Enter a value for the loop ID and press ENTER . 8. Pres s ESC to return to the Configur ation Settings me nu. 9. Pres s ESC to return to the Fast!U TIL Opt ions menu. 10. When prompted to save changes made to the curr ent adapter , select Sa ve Chan ges and press ENTER .
2 2-8 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver EMC HBA Se ttings EMC requires configuring the QLogic BIOS setti ngs with the EMC-approved NVRAM setting s file.
2 EMC HBA Settings 2-9 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Config uring NVRAM for Stratu s ftSer ver s If yo u have not r eceived QLogic HBAs wi th the EMC co nfigurat ions pre-loa ded, you may h ave to perform the following pr ocedure. If your HBA s have been pre -configur ed, pr oceed to Installing the HBA Driver on pag e 2- 14.
2 2-10 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver Ignor e any steps that pert ain to multip le adapters .
2 EMC HBA Settings 2-11 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Updating Using a DOS Boot D isk e tte T o update using a DOS boot diskette, follow these steps: The QLogic CD-ROM c ontains t he latest EM C-approv ed BIOS and NVRAM settings fi les at the time of cr ea tion of t he CD-ROM.
2 2-12 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver Manually Setting the HBA Data Rate The HBA driver for a QLA2310 has a data rate setting that lets you specify 1 Gb, 2 Gb, or Auto Select mode. (The EMC defa ult setting is Auto Sel ect mode.
2 EMC HBA Settings 2-13 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Setting the T opolog y for QLA22xx/23xx and Windows While using a QLA22xx or QLA23xx HBA fo r W indows NT , W indow s 2000, or W indows 2003, the default EMC co nfig ured topology is set for fabric.
2 2-14 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver Installing the HBA Dr iv er T o use EMC storage array disks with a W indows host, you need an EMC-qualified Fibre Channel HBA driver .
2 Installin g the HBA Dr iver 2-15 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Ins talla tion Pr oced ure f or Windows NT Hosts T o ins tall the driver , follow these steps: 1. Boot the ho st with W indow s NT 4.0. 2. Open the Con tr ol Panel and double-click the SCSI Adapter icon.
2 2-16 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver W ind ows 2000 co nfigur ations with Serv ice Pack 1 or hig her and W indo ws 2003 con figurat ions may be able to d etect QLA2 3xx HBAs .
2 Updating the HBA Driver in a Windows 2000 o r Windows 2003 Host 2-17 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Upda ting the HB A Dr iv er in a Windo ws 2000 or Windo ws 2003 Host On W indows 20 00 .
2 2-18 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver 12. If p rompted, click Ye s to cont inue the instal lation. 13. Click Fin ish to complete the installatio n. 14. If the system r equests that you reboot the system and you have other adapters to u pdate, select NO ; then click Close .
2 Upgrading to W indows 2003 from Wind o w s 2000 or Wind ows NT 4.0 2-19 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Upgrading to Windo w s 2003 from W indows 2000 or Windows NT 4. 0 Note the followi ng if upgradin g to W indow s 2003: ◆ Upgrading from W ind ows NT 4.
2 2-20 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Installing and Conf iguring the HBA Driver.
Conf iguring a n EMC Boot De vice 3-1 3 Invisible Body T ag W indo ws hos ts have b ee n qua lified for boo tin g fr om EMC s torage array devices interfaced through Fibre Channel as described in the EMC Su pport Matri x . This chapter describes the pr ocess to configure a stora ge array device as a boot device.
3 3-2 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Intr oduction W indows h osts have be en qualif ied for booti ng fr om EM C array devices interfaced th rough Fi bre Chan nel as described under Boot Device S upport in the EMC Suppor t Matrix .
3 Introduction 3-3 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device How to Determine I/O La tency and Load on th e Boot LUN The current r estrictions f or boot-from-array conf iguration s (listed in the EMC Support Mat rix ) repres ent the maximum configuration that is allowed usi ng typical confi gurations.
3 3-4 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Boot Crashdump Sav e to Disk Behavior If you sy stem is confi gur ed to write cra shdumps after s ystem fa.
3 Configuring a Symmetr ix Boot Device 3-5 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device Conf igur ing a Sy mmetrix Boot De vice This sectio n describes how to install the W ind ows NT or W indow s 2000 o peratin g system onto an EMC Sym metrix ® storag e system co nnected to an Intel-based x86 class server .
3 3-6 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice 5. From the Configuration Se ttings menu, select Host Adapte r Settin gs and pr ess ENTER . 6. From the Host Adapter Se ttings menu , selec t Host Adapt er BIOS and pres s ENTER to enable it if it is not already enabl ed.
3 Configuring a Symmetr ix Boot Device 3-7 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device In stal ling the Win dow s OS on to the Bo ot Dev ice Follow the a ppr opriate steps belo w to instal l the W ind ows operating system onto the EM C boot device.
3 3-8 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice 7. Some servers use SCSI CD-ROM dr ives. If your server has a S CSI CD-ROM, r epeat steps 5 and 6 to select the driver f or the SCSI controller . If your con tr oller is no t on the list, obt ain the driver on diskette fr om the vendor .
3 Configuring a Symmetr ix Boot Device 3-9 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device HP ProLi ant BL20p G 2 Windo ws 2000 Installation 1. Note these prerequisites: • RDP server with r elease 1.30 • BfS Installa tion script, see HP ProLiant BL20p G2 documentatio n for creation and installa tion of this script.
3 3-10 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Configuring a CLARiiON Boot De vice This section de scribes how to install a boot device onto an EMC CLARiiON ® sto rage syst em connected to an Intel-base d x86 class server .
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-11 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device Requirements Satisfied Start Unsatisfied Prepare Storage System Complete Requirements Need boot LUN and Storage Group Create b.
3 3-12 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Requireme nts This section li sts supported con figurations , hardwar e and so ftware requirements, and related documentation . To p o l o g i e s , Configurations, and Revisions Refer to the EM C S uppo rt Mat rix .
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-13 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device Media Requirements Required media includes the foll owing: Refer to Downloading QLogic Drivers an d Firmware on page 2-2.
3 3-14 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Sett ing Up th e HBA BIOS Once the HBA is insta lled in the host and th e EMC array is connected to the f.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-15 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 9. Pres s ESC to exit the Fast!UTIL Options menu. 10. Reboot the host. What Nex t? The next step de pends on the topology: ◆ FC-AL: Pr oceed to Preparing the Serv er on pag e 3-18.
3 3-16 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Soft Zoning These i nstructions let you config ure the soft zoni ng as this setu p r equires. They are n ot a complete explanation of zoning. R efer to the documentatio n that is avail able for your switches for a co mplete guide.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-17 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 3. C r ea te a member alias fo r the boot HB A WWPN. Ma ke sure it is a member alias and that you use the 21... Port Name , not the 20... Node Name . 4. C r ea te a member alias for one storage system SP port that you connected earlier and to which you bound the boot LUN.
3 3-18 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Ph ysical Connection of Only One SP P or t to the F abr ic If the SP that owns the boot LU N has only one port connected to the switch, and no other target devices ar e on the fabric, then zoning for the boot conf iguration is no t necessary .
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-19 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 3. T o disconnect all SCSI har d disk drives, unplug the power a nd SCSI bus cables connected to a S CSI adapter or contr oller . For details, see the in stallation and op eration manual for your server .
3 3-20 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice What Nex t? Configure the HBA Boot BIOS as described in the next section. Conf iguring the HBA Boot BIOS Follow these steps to configure the storage system LUN fo r the HBA Boot BIOS: 1.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-21 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device register the HBA connect ion. If you will later in stall PowerPath or A TF , be sure to select the corresponding parameters during the r egistration procedur e.
3 3-22 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice In stal ling Wi ndo ws Y ou are r eady to install the W indows operating system files. For HP Pr oLiant BL20p G 2 servers , follow the ste ps under HP Pr oLiant BL 20p G2 Windows 2000 OS Installation o n page 3-24 .
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-23 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 7. Pres s ENTER to begi n the setup procedur e. If you are installing W in dows on a newly created LUN, you m ay receive a mess age th at your boot d isk is n ew or er ased . Y o u can pr ess C to continue.
3 3-24 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Select NTFS file syst em format, wh ich is suitabl e for most site s unless you ha ve other specific requirements.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-25 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 5. Start the BfS depl oyment by drag ging and dr opping the BOOT FROM SAN BL20p script task to the BfS s erver new computer .
3 3-26 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Assi gning a Pe r m a n en t B o o t Dr ive Letter for Win dow s NT If you have in stalled fai lover softwa r e into a W i ndows NT 4.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-27 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device In stal ling Addit ional Na visphere Host Agen t Sof tw are The EMC Contr olCenter Navispher e Host Agent should be used to automa tically register host conn ections with the arra y .
3 3-28 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice 2. A fter Fast!UTIL loads, the display depends on whether ther e ar e multipl e QLogic HB As installed : • If ther e is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options menu app ears.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-29 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device T o tr espa ss the LUN, follow the instructions in the EM C ControlCen ter Navisphere Manag ement sof tware documenta tion for your array type.
3 3-30 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice T respassing the Boot LUN Using atf_trespas s Follow these steps to us e the atf_trespass command to trespass the boot LUN: 1. Boo t the host and lo g in to W indows.
3 Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device 3-31 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device 4. Reboot the server . Star ting a Fres h Ins talla tion T o start a fr esh inst allat ion: ◆ Using EMC C ontr olCent er Nav isp her e Managem ent softwa re, r emov e the old boot Sto rage G ro up.
3 3-32 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Boot Time and LUN A v aila bility Boot time is the amount of time a storage system r equires to boot. This time is a fun ction of the number and types of L UNs in the storag e system, an d is typically le ss than five min utes.
3 Rep lac ing a Bo ot HB A 3-33 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device Replacing a B oot HB A If a boot HBA fail s, you can replace it with a n ew one as described in this section. EMC Sy mmet ri x Follow the procedure under Configur ing a Sym metri x Boot Devi ce .
3 3-34 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice Ho w a Ser ver Responds to Failure in the Boot LU N P a th Failure in the path to a SAN-based boot LUN can halt W i ndows in a fatal error condition. D epending on th e failure, W ind ows may be able to transfer control to another path and cont inue.
3 Know n Issu es 3-35 Conf iguring an EMC Boot Device Kno w n Issues Be aware of these issues: ◆ QLogic BIOS 1. 26 and la ter for Q LA23xx and BI OS 1.79 a n d la ter for QLA22xx HBA s allow for mu ltiple Boot Port Nam e entries to be configured for high-availa bility bootin g after path failures.
3 3-36 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Confi guring an EMC Boot De vice.
Third-Party Sof tw a re A-1 A Invisible Body T ag This append ix contains ad ditional info rmation abou t third-party software used with W indo ws host s. ◆ QLogic SANSurfer SA NBlade Manager v2.0. 21................... ........ A-2 ◆ V eritas V olume Manager 3.
A A-2 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Third-Party S oftw are QLog ic SANSurfer SANBlade Manage r v2.0.21 Stratus ft Servers a re not supported usin g the qLogi c SANSurfer SA NBlade Manag er Soft ware or Agen ts.
A Ve r i t a s Vo l u m e M a n a g e r 3 . x f o r W i n d o w s 2 0 0 0 A-3 Thi rd-Pa rt y So ftware V er itas V olume Manager 3 .x fo r Windows 2000 Refer to the lates t EMC Su pport Matrix to determ ine which V eritas V olume Manager 3.x con figurat ions a re su pported, an d what service pa cks may be requir ed.
A A-4 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts Third-Party S oftw are.
T r ouble sho oti ng B-1 B Invisible Body T ag This append ix contains in formation on troublesho oting problems. ◆ Pr oblems and Solutions..........
B B-2 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts T roubleshooting Pro blems and Solutions Problem Err or Message ID: 51 in event viewer when attempting to install multiple host access (for clustering) to the same EMC CLARiiON array stora ge gr o up.
B Problems and Sol utions B-3 Tr oubleshooting Solution Upgrade to the latest HBA driver . This was corrected fo r W indows 2000 in 8. 2.2.2 5 and late r driver s. The 8.2 .2.25 d river is available from EMC Support . W indows 2003 dri ver 8.2.2.2 0 and la ter alr eady contain this correction.
B B-4 EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts T roubleshooting.
EMC Fibre Channel with QLogi c HB As in Windows Hosts i-1 B BIO S, upda ting 2- 10 boot devic e, config u ring CLARiiON 3-10 overview 3 -2 Symmetrix 3-5 boot t ime and L U N av ailabilit y 3-32 C conf.
EMC Fi bre Channel w ith QLogic HBA s in Windows Hosts i-2 Index V V eritas V olume Ma nager 3.0 A-3 W W indows OS , install ing onto a CLARiiO N boot device 3-22 Z zoni ng, ha rd 3- 17 zoning , soft .
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Se non hai ancora comprato il EMC Qlogic QLA22xx è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del EMC Qlogic QLA22xx - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso EMC Qlogic QLA22xx imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul EMC Qlogic QLA22xx ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
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